The role of preschool in promoting mental health: collaboration for attendance and engagement
The planning project aims to build a collaboration network of researchers, preschool staff, municipal and regional officers, and representatives from social services and child healthcare.
Start
2025-01-01
Planned completion
2025-12-31
Main financing
Collaboration partners
Project manager at MDU
External project members
Mia Heikkilä, professor i barn- och ungdomsvetenskap med inrikning mot förskola, Stockholms universitet.
About the project
The planning project aims to build a collaboration network of researchers, preschool staff, municipal and regional officers, and representatives from social services and child healthcare. The goal is to identify research questions for a research project focusing on increasing children's attendance in preschool and promoting engagemang in pedagogical interactions. Through shared frameworks and collaboration, the project seeks to enhance children's mental health and equitable living conditions. The project uses co-creative program logic (SAMP, to ensure that developed practices are utilized effectively.
Project objective
The goal is to identify research questions for a research project focusing on increasing children's attendance in preschool and promoting engagemang in pedagogical interactions.
